[3] Notable presidents of JNUSU include CPI(M) politician Sitaram Yechury who was president in 1977-78, Congress National Secretary Shakeel Ahmed Khan in 1992-93 and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain in 1999-2000.
[10] Chandrashekhar Prasad another president of the JNUSU was assassinated after joining politics in Bihar in 1997.
[11][14] However the JNUSU passed a resolution in 2016 to hold the elections via the JNUS constitution and not the Lyngdoh Committee model.
[3] All India Students’ Association (AISA) follows by having won the presidents post 11 times.
[6] Sandeep Mahapatra has been the only JNUSU president from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).